Improvement in soap-cutting machines



1. B. ULTSCH.

Suap Cutting-Machines.

No, 145,319, Patented Dec.9,1873.

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mvENTogL y' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. ULTSCH, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOAP-CUTTING MACHINES.

-Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 145,319, dated December9, 1873; application filed May 28, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern-r Be it known that I, JOHN B. ULTsoE, ofCambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap Cutting and BeadingMachines, of which the following is a specifica-tion:

This invention relates to certain improvements made in connection with amachine invented by me, for which Letters Patent ywere granted August22, 1871, entitled soap-cutting and beading machine, and numbered118,304; said improvements consisting in certain devices, which will bebest understood by reference to the accompanying drawings andspecification.

Figure 1 is a plan, representing a soap cutting and beading machinecomplete embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a section through the spreading-table. Fig. 4 is anelevation, showing one ofthe cutting and beading frames.

A represents the frame, to which the other parts are attached. E is atable, upon which the slab of soap to be cut into strips is placed. C isa moving buttress, which, when operated upon through the crank T andendless belt or chain, (not shown in the drawings,) forces theslabbetween the trimmingguides L L, and through the cutting and beadingframe D, onto the table E, the moving buttress B being withdrawn toadmit of it. The buttress B is moved up by the aid of the rack andpinion b b and crank WV, forcing the strips of soap laterally throughthe beading-frame D', Figs. 1, 2, and 3. This operation leaves the soapin beaded bars, and deposits them upon the spreadingtable N o N o. Thetrimming-blocks L L, Figs. 1 and 2, are so arranged and placed that theysend the shavin gs they cut oft, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1,through the sluices M, and thence into the waste-box. The table N o N oconsists of xed bars O O, Figs. 1 and 3, and of a grill, N N P P, thebars N N of which fit between the xed bars O O, as shown in Fig. 1. Thegrill N rests upon a table, Q, Fig. 3. This table is hung upon a pivot,q, at one end, the other end resting upon a cam, R, so that when the camR is in one position one end of the table Q is lowered, as shown in Fig.3 5 but if the cam It is turned upward, then thetable Q is brought to alevel with the bars O O, the whole forming a smooth table for the soapto rest upon. To remove the soap from the table,

the cam R is turned so as to drop the grill in the position indicated inFig. 3; then the grill is lifted diagonally, so as to raise the soapfrom the bars O O, and at the same time spread the separate pieces. H H,Fig. 4, are plates attached to a cutting-frame, D, by means of thescrews and slots K, so asv to admit of vertical adjustment to suit themachine to dii'erent thicknesses of soap. To the plates H H the beadingtemplets or knives G are attached.

I claim as my invention-v 1. In a soap-cutting machine, the combinationof the grill N N N with the table Q and cam R, operating substantiallyas described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the cutting-blocks L with the table E and sluicesM, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the adjustable plate H, upon which the templetsrorcutters G G `are fastened,with the frame D, substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth. JOHN B. ULTSGl-I. Witnesses:

WILLIAM EDsoN, FRANK G. PARKER.

